Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "歪" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "歪" in Landscape Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
crooked / not straight / staggering from side to side
shuddering / trembling / a trembling scrawl (of handwriting)
crooked / askew / oblique / slanting / out of plumb
to distort / to misrepresent
to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom) / to sway / (of buildings etc) to lean at a crazy angle
unhealthy trend / noxious influence
fallacious reasoning / preposterous argument
to succeed by a lucky stroke
上梁不正下梁歪 shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi
lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices
noxious winds, evil influences (idiom); malignant social trends
(of a couple) to be sweet to each other / lovey-dovey / variant of 膩味|腻味[ni4 wei5]
lit. devil's gate, crooked path (idiom); corrupt practices / crooked methods / dishonesty
illegal device / devious / crooked
sick and weak / feeble and listless